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The Road Im On

3 Doors Down
Tab
★4.8(12)

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Song

Band- 3 Doors Down

Song- The Road Im On

Em G Am C

0 2 2 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 3 x 0 2 2 1 0 x 3 2 0 1 0

G5 C5 E5VII D5

3 5 5 x x x x 3 5 5 x x x 7 9 9 x x x 5 7 7 x x

A5V E5 A5

5 7 7 x x x 0 2 2 x x x x 0 2 2 x x

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Clean Elec I'

Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Clean Elec 2'

Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Dist 1'

Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Dist 2'

Gtr V (E A D G B E) - 'Dist 3 (Chorus)'

Intro

Moderately Q=80

Em G Am C

4/4

Gtr I

E. S E E. S E S S S S E E E E +H

|-----------------------|--------0-(0)------------|
|---------------1p0-----|----1---1-(1)------------|
|-------------------0---|----2---0-(0)------------|
|------2------0-------0-|----2---2-(2)------------|
|----2------2-----------|-0--0---3-(3)--2h3p2p0---|
|-0------3--------------|-----------------------3-|

| H. a S S S S

|

| Gtr II

| W H Q E E

|-----------------------|---------------------0---|
|-----------------------|---------------------0---|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|

Em G Am

E. S E E +S S E S S S S W

|---------------------------|-------||
|-------------------1p0-----|-^1----||
|-----------------------0---|-^2----||
|-------2---------0-------0-|-^2----||
|-----2---------2-----------|-^0----||
|--0------3-(3)-------------|-------||

|

| +W W

|-(0)-----------------------|-------||
|-(0)-----------------------|-^5----||
|---------------------------|-^5----||
|---------------------------|-^7----||
|---------------------------|-^7----||
|---------------------------|-------||

Verse

Em G Am C

Gtr I

E. S E E +Q E E E. S E E +Q E E

| | | | | | | | | | | | | |

/ / x / / / x / / x / / / x

Gtr II

E. S E E. +S E S S S S E. S E E +H

|----------------------------|--------0-(0)------|
|--------------------1p0-----|----1-1-1-(1)------|
|------------------------0---|----2-2-0-(0)------|
|------2-----------2-------0-|----2-2-2-(2)------|
|----2-----------------------|-0--0-0-3-(3)------|
|-0------3-----(3)-----------|-------------------|

Em G Am C

E. S E E +Q E E E. S E E +Q E E

| | | | | | | | | | | | | |

/ / x / / / x / / x / / / x

E. S E E. +S E S S S S E. S E E +H

|----------------------------|--------0-(0)------|
|--------------------1p0-----|----1-1-1-(1)------|
|------------------------0---|----2-2-0-(0)------|
|------2-----------2-------0-|----2-2-2-(2)------|
|----2-----------------------|-0--0-0-3-(3)------|
|-0------3-----(3)-----------|-------------------|

Em G Am C

E. S E E +Q E E E. S E E +Q E E

| | | | | | | | | | | | | |

/ / x / / / x / / x / / / x

E. S E E. +S E S S S S E. S E E +H

|----------------------------|--------0-(0)------------|
|--------------------1p0-----|----1-1-1-(1)------------|
|------------------------0---|----2-2-0-(0)------------|
|------2-----------2-------0-|----2-2-2-(2)------------|
|----2-----------------------|-0--0-0-3-(3)--2h3p2p0---|
|-0------3-----(3)-----------|-----------------------3-|

H. a S S S S

Em G Am

E. S E E +Q E E W

| | | | | | | |

/ / x / / / x /

E. S E E. +S E S S S S W

|----------------------------|-------||
|--------------------1p0-----|-^1----||
|------------------------0---|-^2----||
|------2-----------2-------0-|-^2----||
|----2-----------------------|-^0----||
|-0------3-----(3)-----------|-------||

Verses 2, 3 & 4

$

Em G Am C

E. S E E +Q E E E. S E E +Q E E

| | | | | | | | | | | | | |

/ / x / / / x / / x / / / x

E. S E E. +S E S S S S E. S E E +H

||-----------------------------|--------0-(0)------|
||o--------------------1p0-----|----1-1-1-(1)------|
||-------------------------0---|----2-2-0-(0)------|
||-------2-----------2-------0-|----2-2-2-(2)------|
||o----2-----------------------|-0--0-0-3-(3)------|
||--0------3-----(3)-----------|-------------------|

Em G Am C

E. S E E +Q E E E. S E E +Q E E

| | | | | | | | | | | | | |

/ / x / / / x / / x / / / x

E. S E E. +S E S S S S E. S E E +H

|----------------------------|--------0-(0)--------|
|--------------------1p0-----|----1-1-1-(1)--------|
|------------------------0---|----2-2-0-(0)--------|
|------2-----------2-------0-|----2-2-2-(2)--------|
|----2-----------------------|-0--0-0-3-(3)--------|
|-0------3-----(3)-----------|---------------------|

Em G Am C

E. S E E +Q E E E. S E E +Q E E

| | | | | | | | | | | | | |

/ / x / / / x / / x / / / x

E. S E E. +S E S S S S E. S E E +H

|----------------------------|--------0-(0)------------|
|--------------------1p0-----|----1-1-1-(1)------------|
|------------------------0---|----2-2-0-(0)------------|
|------2-----------2-------0-|----2-2-2-(2)------------|
|----2-----------------------|-0--0-0-3-(3)--2h3p2p0---|
|-0------3-----(3)-----------|-----------------------3-|

| H. a S S S S

|

| Gtr III

| W W

|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|

|

| Gtr IV

| W W

|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|

Em G Am

E. S E E +Q E E W

| | | | | | | |

/ / x / / / x /

E. S E E. +S E S S S S W

|-----------------------------|-----------------||
|---------------------1p0-----|-^1--------------||
|-------------------------0---|-^2--------------||
|------2------------2-------0-|-^2--------------||
|----2------------------------|-^0--------------||
|-0-------3-----(3)-----------|-----------------||

|

| PM PM

| Q E E H H E E E E

|-----------------------------|-----------------||
|---------5---5---------------|--5--------------||
|-----------------------------|---------5---5---||
|-----------------------------|---------5---5---||
|-----------------------------|---------3---3---||
|-----------------------------|-----------0---0-||

|

| < <

| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

| Q E E H Q. Q E Q

|--------12--12---------------|-----------------||
|-----------------------------|-12--------------||
|-----------------------------|-------5-----5---||
|-----------------------------|-------5-----5---||
|-----------------------------|-------3-----3---||
|-----------------------------|-----------------||

Chorus

E5 G5 A5 C5

Gtr V

PM|

Q E E +Q E S S E. S S S E +Q E S S

|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-2--2-x-x-5-(5)--5-x-x-|
|-2--2-5-(5)--5-----|-2--2-x-x-5-(5)--5-x-x-|
|-2--2-5-(5)--5-----|-0--0-x-x-3-(3)--3-x-x-|
|-0--0-3-(3)--3-0-0-|-----------------------|

E5VII D5 C5 A5 N.C.

E. S S S E Q E S S E. S S S E +S S E S S E

|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|-9--9-x-x-7-7--7-x-x-|-5--5-x-x-2-(2)-2-x-5s7s5--|
|-9--9-x-x-7-7--7-x-x-|-5--5-x-x-2-(2)-2-x-5s7s5--|
|-7--7-x-x-5-5--5-x-x-|-3--3-x-x-0-(0)-0-x-5s7s5--|
|---------------------|---------------------------|

E5VII D5 G5 A5V G5A5G5

Gtr V

E. S S S E +Q E S S E. S S S E +E E E E

|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-9--9-x-x-7-(7)--7-7-x-|------x-x-------------|
|-9--9-x-x-7-(7)--7-7-x-|-5--5-x-x-7-(7)-5-7-5-|
|-7--7-x-x-5-(5)--5-5-x-|-5--5-x-x-7-(7)-5-7-5-|
|-----------------------|-3--3-----5-(5)-3-5-3-|

|

| Gtr III

| W W

|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|

|

| Gtr IV

| W W

|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|

1.

To Coda

E5VII D5 C5

E. S S S E +Q E S S E. S S S E Q E S S

|--------------------------|------------------------||
|--------------------------|-----------------------o||
|--9--9-x-x--7--(7)--7-7-x-|-5--5-x-x-5-5--5-5-x----||
|--9--9-x-x--7--(7)--7-7-x-|-5--5-x-x-5-5--5-5-x----||
|--7--7-x-x--5--(5)--5-5-x-|-3--3-x-x-3-3--3-3-x---o||
|--------------------------|------------------------||

|

| E. S S S E +Q E S S W

|--------------------------|------------------------||
|--------------------------|-----------------------o||
|--9--9-x-x--7--(7)--7-x-x-|-5----------------------||
|--9--9-x-x--7--(7)--7-x-x-|-5----------------------||
|--7--7-x-x--5--(5)--5-x-x-|-3---------------------o||
|--------------------------|------------------------||

|

| Q. E +H W

|--------------------------|------------------------||
|--------------------------|-----------------------o||
|-12--------11-(11)--------|-9----------------------||
|--------------------------|------------------------||
|--------------------------|-----------------------o||
|--------------------------|------------------------||

2.

C5 A5 G5

PM|

E. S S S E +Q E S S Q E E +Q E S S

|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|-5--5-x-x-2-(2)---2-x-x-|-------------------|
|-5--5-x-x-2-(2)---2-x-x-|-2--2-5-(5)--5-----|
|-3--3-x-x-0-(0)---0-x-x-|-2--2-5-(5)--5-----|
|------------------------|-0--0-3-(3)--3-0-0-|

|

| Q. E E E E S S W

|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|-5--------2--2--2-2-x---|-------------------|
|-5--------2--2--2-2-x---|-------------------|
|-3--------0--0--0-0-x---|-------------------|
|----------------------0-|-------------------|

|

| W W

|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|-9----------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|

A5 C5 E5VII D5

E. S S S E +Q E S S E. S S S E Q E S S

|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-2--2-x-x-5-(5)--5-x-x-|-9--9-x-x-7-7--7-x-x---|
|-2--2-x-x-5-(5)--5-x-x-|-9--9-x-x-7-7--7-x-x---|
|-0--0-x-x-3-(3)--3-x-x-|-7--7-x-x-5-5--5-x-x---|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|

|

| W W

|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|

|

| W W

|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|

C5 A5 N.C. E5VII D5

E. S S S E +S S E S S E E. S S S E +Q E S S

|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|-5--5-x-x-2-(2)-2-x-5s7s5-|-9--9-x-x-7-(7)--7-7-x-|
|-5--5-x-x-2-(2)-2-x-5s7s5-|-9--9-x-x-7-(7)--7-7-x-|
|-3--3-x-x-0-(0)-0-x-5s7s5-|-7--7-x-x-5-(5)--5-5-x-|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|

G5 A5V E5VII D5

E. S S S E +E E E E E. S S S E +Q E S S

|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|------x-x-------------|-9--9-x-x-7-(7)--7-7-x--|
|-5--5-x-x-7-(7)-5-7-5-|-9--9-x-x-7-(7)--7-7-x--|
|-5--5-x-x-7-(7)-5-7-5-|-7--7-x-x-5-(5)--5-5-x--|
|-3--3-----5-(5)-3-5-3-|------------------------|

Guitar Solo

C5 A5 N.C. E5 D5

GtrGtr V

PM|

E S S E S S +S S E S S E Q E E +Q E S S

|---------------------------||-------------------------|
|---------------------------||-------------------------|
|-5-5-x-5-x-2-(2)-x-2-5s7s2-||-------------------------|
|-5-5-x-5-x-2-(2)-x-2-5s7s2-||--2-----2-5-(5)---5------|
|-3-3-x-3-x-0-(0)-x-0-5s7s0-||--2-----2-5-(5)---5------|
|---------------------------||--0-----0-3-(3)---3--0-0-|

|

| Gtr IV

| W H. E E

|---------------------------||-12--------------12-12---|
|---------------------------||-15b17r==========15------|
|---------------------------||-------------------------|
|---------------------------||-------------------------|
|---------------------------||-------------------------|
|---------------------------||-------------------------|

G5 AG5AG5

E. S S S E +Q E S S

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2---------------2-------x---x-------5--(5)----------------5--x-x---|
|-2---------------2-------x---x-------5--(5)----------------5--x-x---|
|-0---------------0-------x---x-------3--(3)----------------3--x-x---|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

|

| S S +S S +S S +E S +S S S E E

|----------------------------------------------------------12\-------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

|----14pb16r(14)-14pb16r(14)-14pb16r(14)-14pb16r(14)p12--------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------14-----------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

E5VII D5 C5 A5

E. S S S E +Q E S S E S S E S S +S S E S S E

|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-9----9-x-x---7-(7)---7---7-x-|-5---5-x-5---x-2-(2)-x-2---5s7s2-|
|-9----9-x-x---7-(7)---7---7-x-|-5---5-x-5---x-2-(2)-x-2---5s7s2-|
|-7----7-x-x---5-(5)---5---5-x-|-3---3-x-3---x-0-(0)-x-0---5s7s0-|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|

|

| ~~~~~

| E S S S S a E E. S S S S S S S S S S S E +S S S S S S E

|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------5h7-7h9--7--7-7p5---5-|---------------------------------|
|-x--5h7-------------------7---|-7-5-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----7-5-7-5-3---(3)-5-3-0-5-3-0-|

E5VII D5

E. S S S E +Q E S S

|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-9--9-x--x-7---(7)----7--7---x-|
|-9--9-x--x-7---(7)----7--7---x-|
|-7--7-x--x-5---(5)----5--5---x-|
|-------------------------------|

|

| ~~~~~~

| Q S S S S E E +E S S

|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-2--------------5----------/14-|
|-2---------5-7-----7-(7)-------|
|-0------/7---------------------|

G5 A5V G5 A5VG5

E. S S S E +E E E E

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|---------------x--x---------------------|
|--5---------5--x--x--7--(7)--5--7--5----|
|--5---------5--x--x--7--(7)--5--7--5----|
|--3---------3--------5--(5)--3--5--3----|

|

| ~~~~~~~~~~

| S S S S S S E +E E E S S

|----------------------------------------|
|--------12---------------------12-------|
|-12--14----12-14-12------------12-------|
|--------------------14-(14)-14----14p12-|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|

D.S. al Coda

E5VII D5 E5VII C5

E. S S S E +Q E S S W

|---------------------------------------|---------||
|---------------------------------------|---------||
|--9----9--x-x-7---(7)----------7---7-x-|--5------||
|--9----9--x-x-7---(7)----------7---7-x-|--5------||
|--7----7--x-x-5---(5)----------5---5-x-|--3------||
|---------------------------------------|---------||

|

| E E E S S S +S S S S S S S W

|---------------------------------------|---------||
|---------------------------------------|---------||
|---------------------------------------|---------||
|-14-----------5-7--7b8r(7)-5---5-------|---------||
|---------/7------------------7---7-5-x-|-[7]-----||
|---------------------------------------|---------||

Outro

&

C5 A5 E5VII D5

E S S E S S +S S E S S E E. S S S E +Q E S S

|---------------------------||----------------------------------|
|---------------------------||----------------------------------|
|-5-5-x-5-x-2-(2)-x-2-5s7s2-||---9------9--x-x--7--(7)---7--7-x-|
|-5-5-x-5-x-2-(2)-x-2-5s7s2-||---9------9--x-x--7--(7)---7--7-x-|
|-3-3-x-3-x-0-(0)-x-0-5s7s0-||---7------7--x-x--5--(5)---5--5-x-|
|---------------------------||----------------------------------|

|

| W S E S E E +Q E S S

|---------------------------||----------------------------------|
|---------------------------||----------------------------------|
|-9-------------------------||-/11--11-11-12---11-(11)--11-11---|
|---------------------------||--------------------------------x-|
|---------------------------||--/9---9--9--9---10-(10)--10-10-x-|
|---------------------------||----------------------------------|

G5 A5V G5 A5VG5

E. S S S E +E E E E

|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|----------------x--x-----------------|
|---5---------5--x--x--7--(7)--5--7-5-|
|---5---------5--x--x--7--(7)--5--7-5-|
|---3---------3--------5--(5)--3--5-3-|

|

| S S S S S S E +E E Q

|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-/12--12-12-12-12-14-14-(14)-12-11---|
|-------------------------------------|
|-/10--10-10-10-10-12-12-(12)-10--9---|
|-------------------------------------|

E5VII D5 C5 A5 N.C.

E. S S S E +Q E S S E S S E S S +S S E S S E

|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-9------9--x-x--7--(7)--7-7-x-|-5---5-x-5-x-2-(2)-x-2---5s7s2---|
|-9------9--x-x--7--(7)--7-7-x-|-5---5-x-5-x-2-(2)-x-2---5s7s2---|
|-7------7--x-x--5--(5)--5-5-x-|-3---3-x-3-x-0-(0)-x-0---5s7s0---|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|

|

| S E S E E +Q. S S S E S E E +S E S E S S

|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-9--11-11-12---11-(11)----7-7-|-7s9---9-9-9---(9)-9---9-9-------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------x-x-|
|-7---9--9-10----9--(9)----5-5-|-5s7---7-7-7---(7)-7---7-7---x-x-|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|

E5VII D5

E. S S S E +Q E S S

|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|---9------9--x-x--7--(7)---7--7-x-|
|---9------9--x-x--7--(7)---7--7-x-|
|---7------7--x-x--5--(5)---5--5-x-|
|----------------------------------|

|

| S E S E E +Q E S S

|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-/11--11-11-12---11-(11)--11-11---|
|--------------------------------x-|
|--/9---9--9--9---10-(10)--10-10-x-|
|----------------------------------|

G5 A5V G5 A5VG5 E5VII D5

E. S S S E +E E E E E. S S S E +Q E S S

|-------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------x--x-----------------|-9------9--x-x--7--(7)--7-7-x-|
|---5---------5--x--x--7--(7)--5--7-5-|-9------9--x-x--7--(7)--7-7-x-|
|---5---------5--x--x--7--(7)--5--7-5-|-7------7--x-x--5--(5)--5-5-x-|
|---3---------3--------5--(5)--3--5-3-|------------------------------|

|

| S S S S S S E +E E Q S E S E E +Q. S S

|-------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-/12--12-12-12-12-14-14-(14)-12-11---|-9--11-11-12---11-(11)----7-7-|
|-------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-/10--10-10-10-10-12-12-(12)-10--9---|-7---9--9-10----9--(9)----5-5-|
|-------------------------------------|------------------------------|

C5 A5 N.C. E5

E S S E S S +S S E S S E W

|---------------------------------|-------*|
|---------------------------------|-------*|
|-5---5-x-5-x-2-(2)-x-2---5s7s2---|-------*|
|-5---5-x-5-x-2-(2)-x-2---5s7s2---|--2----*|
|-3---3-x-3-x-0-(0)-x-0---5s7s0---|--2----*|
|---------------------------------|--0----*|

|

| S E S E E +S E S E S S W

|---------------------------------|-------*|
|---------------------------------|-------*|
|-7-9---9-9-9---(9)-9---9-9-------|-/9----*|
|-----------------------------x-x-|-------*|
|-5-7---7-7-7---(7)-7---7-7---x-x-|-/7----*|
|---------------------------------|-------*|

Duration Legend

---------------

W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura

+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted

Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)

Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line

Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the

duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-

bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low

melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend

----------------

h - hammer-on

p - pull-off

b - bend

pb - pre-bend

r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)

/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")

s - legato slide

S - shift slide

<n> - natural harmonic

[n] - artificial harmonic

n(n) - tapped harmonic

~ - vibrato

tr - trill

T - tap

TP - trem. picking

PM - palm muting

\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip

\n - tremolo bar down

n/ - tremolo bar up

/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip

= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls

<> - volume swell (louder/softer)

x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash

o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend

-----------

| - bar

|| - double bar

||o - repeat start

o|| - repeat end

*| - double bar (ending)

: - bar (freetime)

$ - Segno

& - Coda

Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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* Generated using Power Tab Editor by Brad Larsen - http://powertab.guitarnetwork.org *

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